Joe Rogan Experience #2545 - Jesse Michels · Aired Aug 25, 2026
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A Brazilian soldier died from a bacterial infection after coming into physical contact with an extraterrestrial being in 1996.
The finding
What the evidence shows
The death is documented: Marco Eli Chereze, a 23-year-old military police officer, died on February 15, 1996, from a severe bacterial infection that developed into sepsis. The official medical record attributes the death to respiratory failure, septicemia and bacterial shock, with no established link to a non-human being. The claim that he caught the infection from physical contact with an extraterrestrial is a ufologist and family account that has not been independently verified. Falsifier: a verified medical or forensic report tying his infection to a non-human source would overturn this verdict.
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Is it true that a Brazilian soldier died from a bacterial infection after coming into physical contact with an extraterrestrial being in 1996?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. The death is documented: Marco Eli Chereze, a 23-year-old military police officer, died on February 15, 1996, from a severe bacterial infection that developed into sepsis. Jesse Michels said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2545 - Jesse Michels, aired Aug 25, 2026, at 1:51:58. The supporting source is thegalacticmind.com, linked below.
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